In my experience, most writers are much more detached from the business than that. They admire working for a publication because of its journalistic reputation

In my experience, most writers are much more detached from the business than that. They admire working for a publication because of its journalistic reputation, are sometimes unionized [not always], and often stand opposed to business imposing its own desires ranging from editorial changes to working conditions. So I know it's only anecdotal, but my experience leads me to believe your presumptions are largely unfounded. Many journalists have about as much attachment to their publications as a GM factory line worker has to GM stock prices. The pride is in the quality of output. They never expect to become rich off of that work. For journalists, the money comes in publishing best-selling books—not selling 5% more subscriptions one year, or 10x ad-impressions.